| BY CHAD CALDER | Staff writer |
Good morning and thanks for joining us. Here are some of today's top headlines. Musk cuts target Louisiana grants: The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating grants for air quality monitoring, disaster response and environmental education that will amount to $70 million less funding for Louisiana government agencies and nonprofits. Josie Abugov has the story. Book Fest: Friday was the first full day of the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, and the big names included immunologist Anthony Fauci, journalist Connie Chung and political strategists Karl Rove and David Axelrod. Rich Collins has this report, and Emily Woodruff was there for Fauci's talk. Coroner employee fired: The Orleans Parish Coroner's office responded Friday to video that surfaced the night before showing an employee dragging the bagged body of a 65-year-old homicide victim down the front steps of the man's Bywater home. We have the details here. Thanks for reading. Check back throughout the day for more news, entertainment and sports from The Times-Picayune. | 